The Washington critic., 1887-08-29
rmE INTERPRETATIONS AOAnn.

wanna mas stricken lhe hepubUCins
with more or less Consideration, e.
pecially in the former State Whatever
hope the Anti Sijaun R puhlirlus may
have entcrtaluei uf preventing the
diversion which ~. Independent ati
tude Of the rrob.uitDuni,'s .igud has
vanished out Of .lehl The elaborate
appeal Of the Mt.slrhusuNs Rcpub.
licaus has failed tornli ha't Tie
Prohibii0nlsfs ate we'll aware that If
they ever expect to accomplish the
objects which they have Ia view, 1t
must Ire on their ov1 liDr- and In their
own way--uoi inside tlir lines nr other
parties md IA the way of parti.a1
politicians
They will accept rHllrorccncna
from the old rarjies-Nill take one or
the other or both of them, bodily tr|
their embrace - hut for thcms v'-
there is no surrender They have no
combinations to make that will destroy
their identity, nor will they consent to
any sell out that will Impair their
prestige. In this the leaders Of the
Prohibition movement ara homes anI
sincere. Even If we cannot sub.crlbe
10 all their utterauces ag the wisest or
the best that can be said in the interest
of temperance, we must admit that 50
far as they partake Of the nature of
party organization they are politically
sagacious.
How the more conservative Repub
licans feel in regard to the course Of
the Prohibltionists in New York Is
obvious from the following remarks of
the New York 7imes which require
no reading between the lines to discern
their purport:
The present leaders Of the Republican party
will never, as II matter of principle, adopt
any of the articles Of the Prohbtionist
creed. But for the purpose Of winning Pro-
hibitionist votes they will be likely, and be.
fore long. to make overtures to that party
with view, If not to winning back some Of
their lost thousands at least TO preventing
the further spread of the Prohibition move
ment, which has now attained proportions
and an impetus quite alarming to tine practi-
cal political mind. Aud we should say that
Ierusal of the RET ofts OF the extraordinary
convention held In syracuse th- week would
convince even the least intelligent Republic
can that 1t h. ligh time that these oyertures
were mace, AID mude in a ,p.rlt Entirely dit
ferent from that which has thus far prompted
Republican e1u,is to "catun the PrOhlb.
Zionist vote
1t is evidently now too late to re-
strain the stampede, aud the r publi-
cans will have uurudy To blame for It
but themselves and their persistent
failure to carry out the pledges which
Ythey have made, IA circumstpuccs
seemed To require, to the managers OF
the Prohibition movement. They have
promised much, yet done SO little, that
The Prohibitiunist. have no recourse left
but Independent organization. Tnlt
they are not weak either In mum.
bors or influence is apparent from the
enthusiasm of their conventions They
control elements thGt no other party
can control. They are as radical as the
old.time Aboliliouists.
The latter proclaimed the Federal
Constitution League with Hell and
Covenant with Death because 1t recog.
nized human slavery, The Prohibi.
tionists are almost ready TO do the
same because of the failure OF the
Constitution to inhibit the liquor
traffic.
A party OF this character Is suscepti.
lie TO no overtures that do not grant
whatever 1t asks.
ANOTHER MOVEMENT towards reviv-
Ing the horrors Of the Greedy expedI.
tion is being made by John z, Kislng.
bury of Rochester, n. Y, who Is
brother of Lieutenant Frederick ks.
lingbury and who Is anxious to ascertain
more in detail the circumstances at
tending his brothers death. lie is
now In New York with the avowed
purpose Of substantiatiug charges of
bad faith and lncompetency on the
part of General Greedy. Mr. KislIng-
bury is not to be blamed for the broth
erly Interest he feels in the matter,
although he seems to have kept quiet
abont 1t for a strangely long time, but
he Will find II an uphill business to get
at any facts that have not already been
laid before the public The survivors,
for reasons best known to themselves,
say llule or uolAiur, and as lor the
others-dead men lDl no tales
THE New York MW aad Erpra,a,
partaking Of course of IL natural prell.
dice IN favor OF lis own big, busting
city, is unwilling 10 admit that Wash.
inplou is the best place for Nh. meeting
OF the international Medical Congress,
but magnauimou-ly comedies that the
National Capital is "a brauiful city,
and by its effects on tur.c,e is Gucu.
lated 10 give foreign visitors nm agree
able impression, since with the one
exception OF Paris, itt, hlulspmer than
any city at their severed homes Gppi
enough. Washington b.iuE the hand.
soonest city In the world. Ntrn the pos
sible exception Of Paris aud the seat
of government Of tEr arnHte., eruutr,
on the civilized plnhe, tue question VI
the propricty Of holding ihp Nrllcrl
Congress solves ITSELF There's no
question about it, and the doctors will
80 agree.
A LARGE MEETING of the Anti. Pow.
erly Society was held at the New York
Academy OF Music last night and WAS
addressed by Mr., Wilder Of Brooklyn,
the candidate of the United Labor
party for State Comptroller. Mr.
Wilder argued that the United Labor
party was not one OF revolution, but